Cashman has made a lot of excellent deals and has held on to his top guys, but you can't be adamant about NEVER trading a key prospect. Sometimes you need to pay retail as a GM. He could have had Gerrit Cole, and if you add him to the Yankees AND take him away from the Astros, the Yankees are clearly better than the Astros and probably better than the Sox.

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Cashman has made a lot of excellent deals and has held on to his top guys, but you can't be adamant about NEVER trading a key prospect. Sometimes you need to pay retail as a GM. He could have had Gerrit Cole, and if you add him to the Yankees AND take him away from the Astros, the Yankees are clearly better than the Astros and probably better than the Sox.

Shanghai Warrior

Cashman has made a lot of excellent deals and has held on to his top guys, but you can't be adamant about NEVER trading a key prospect. Sometimes you need to pay retail as a GM. He could have had Gerrit Cole, and if you add him to the Yankees AND take him away from the Astros, the Yankees are clearly better than the Astros and probably better than the Sox.

Your general point is true, but the problem with the Cole deal specifically was that they were insisting on Andujar and Cashman really didn't have another 3B at that point (it was before JDM signed with BOS, so before Drury became available).

Dragon Wangler

Cashman has made a lot of excellent deals and has held on to his top guys, but you can't be adamant about NEVER trading a key prospect. Sometimes you need to pay retail as a GM. He could have had Gerrit Cole, and if you add him to the Yankees AND take him away from the Astros, the Yankees are clearly better than the Astros and probably better than the Sox.

Hindsight is 20-20 but trading top prospects for an ace makes sense when an ace is available. There hasn't been a Chris Sale for Cashman to go after for one of the top prospects. Cole is a new pitcher this year just like Verlander is pitching the best baseball of his life.

Dragon Wangler

Shanghai Warrior

Cashman's plan since the 2016 deadline has been to put as many pieces in place for the upcoming winter. NY will have reset their tax rate and will have a ton of money to spend and not too many holes left to fill, plus still quite a bit of prospect talent (although more of it is a bunch of years away now).

Shanghai Warrior

NYY has arguably the best int’l department—believed to be the biggest staff and the most scouting reports. They have a track record of turning low bonus types quickly into assets, so this money goes further for them than it would for other clubs. Interesting strategy by Cash.

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Your general point is true, but the problem with the Cole deal specifically was that they were insisting on Andujar and Cashman really didn't have another 3B at that point (it was before JDM signed with BOS, so before Drury became available).

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The Lynn trade has value if he can be used correctly - but Boone is a first year manager who will now have to take the ball out of people’s hands in order to do that, all while keeping the team happy as they watch teammates basically discarded. Tough ask.

Shanghai Warrior

I would put the odds at Gray being dealt in the next 19 1/2 hours at 60 or 70 percent, it is the perfect storm of being able to sell high on him, I think. Then Lynn is your 5th starter and this all makes more sense (although it still blocks Sheffield for this season, barring an injury).

Dragon Wangler

The Lynn trade has value if he can be used correctly - but Boone is a first year manager who will now have to take the ball out of people’s hands in order to do that, all while keeping the team happy as they watch teammates basically discarded. Tough ask.

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The Lynn trade has value if he can be used correctly - but Boone is a first year manager who will now have to take the ball out of people’s hands in order to do that, all while keeping the team happy as they watch teammates basically discarded. Tough ask.

Dragon Wangler

I would put the odds at Gray being dealt in the next 19 1/2 hours at 60 or 70 percent, it is the perfect storm of being able to sell high on him, I think. Then Lynn is your 5th starter and this all makes more sense (although it still blocks Sheffield for this season, barring an injury).

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I would put the odds at Gray being dealt in the next 19 1/2 hours at 60 or 70 percent, it is the perfect storm of being able to sell high on him, I think. Then Lynn is your 5th starter and this all makes more sense (although it still blocks Sheffield for this season, barring an injury).

the new rudy

I was kind of thinking Lynn made sense for the pen. The downside of having so many good relievers is that there are a lot of low leverage innings going to good pitchers. May as well save some wear and tear on those guys and give him a swing role

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